YEREVAN. – Three people have been arrested along the lines of the criminal case which the Investigative Committee of Armenia is investigating in connection with explosion on the Yerevan-Sevan motorway.

These persons have been remanded in custody on charges of attempted murder, press service of the Investigative Committee told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

As reported earlier, and explosive device was placed under a bridge on the Yerevan-Sevan highway, and it was detonated on August 2 at about 12:30pm while a Range Rover and Nissan Patrol accompanying it were passing over that bridge. Both cars sustained damages.

Combined with the evidence obtained, criminal charges were brought against the aforesaid three persons, and the court granted the investigator’s petition to remand them in custody.

The investigation is still in progress.

According to reports, the aforesaid Range Rover belongs to former MP, businessman Melik Manukyan—a.k.a. Shshi (glass bottle) Melo.

A glass container manufacturing plant belonging to Manukyan is located in the vicinity of the said blast.

There were no casualties and injuries in the incident.